Smith v. Smith

OPINION

By DOYLE, J.:

In this appeal on questions of law from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County, we are concerned primarily with the propriety of a ruling denying a motion for a lump-sum judgment for unpaid overdue installment payments for the support of a minor child pursuant to a court order in a divorce action; and, as incident thereto, what is the law or what should be the law applicable to securing such lump-sum judgment when the divorced wife has delayed for fourteen years after the last payment was due in bringing her suit.

The following facts are important. We…